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Acervation

[a-sər-VEY-shən]

Part of speech: noun

Origin: Latin, 17th century

1.

A heaping up; accumulation.

Examples of Acervation in a sentence

"The great hill in the park was created by the acervation of the earth removed to build the subway station."

"The sledding hill was made by snow plows conducting the acervation of the parking lot snow."

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